Blackstone Chambers

A ‘fantastic set’ with ’first-rate barristers’, Blackstone Chambers‘ commercial litigation capabilities span advocacy at trial and advisory work in specialist areas. The set has been present on a range of the most complex and high-value commercial disputes in English courts, with members from Chambers including Shaheed Fatima KC and David Lowe KC  having acted for the defendants in Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group, the high-profile group action against a British-based mining company after the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil, with individuals on both sides of the dispute. Robert Anderson KC and Andrew Hunter KC acted for the claimant bank in Privatbank v Kolomoisky, one of the largest civil fraud trials ever. Tom Weisselberg KC has acted for the first and second defendant in the PIFFS v Al Rajaan litigation, and Leona Powell is a civil fraud specialist whose recent work includes acting as lead counsel for the defendants in FCC Environment v Instawaste & ors., a complex fraudulent conspiracy claim in the waste sector (featuring allegations of, among other things, the systematic underpayment of landfill tax and bribery) in which she is leading Madelaine Clifford.